Innovator Heath Raftery and Out of the Square Media boss Marty Adnum won the major honours at the NEWI Awards in Newcastle on Thursday night.
Mr Raftery, an engineer, co-founder of innovation start-up NewieVentures and founder of the Newcastle IoT Pioneers collaborative, won the Joe Award, bestowed by NEWi organisers The Lunaticks Society.
The awards are Australia’s largest digital awards program for regional innovators and creatives. They are billed as national awards, though most of the nominees are based in Newcastle.